Whittier Councilman Owen Newcomer thinks it time to raise the dollar thresholds for late campaign finance reporting for its City Council election.

While state law makes candidates report any donation or expenditure of $1,000 or more within 24 hours of receiving or spending following the last campaign report, the city’s threshold is $100.

The City Council will consider changing the law at its 6:30 p.m. Tuesday meeting.

“It’s created a lot of paperwork,” Newcomer said. “I’m not sure there’s any benefit for that. Certainly big donations should be reported but I don’t think $100 is a big expense in the campaign world.”

Newcomer said he’s not sure what the number should be, but believes $100 is too low.

The city changed the law following the 1992 City Council election when Chevron spent $37,000 at the last minute on behalf of several candidates.

It was so controversial that the council imposed a third filing deadline for campaign financial reports and the 24-hour reporting period.

“At that time $100 was a pretty big individual donation,” said Mayor Bob Henderson, who was on the council at the time.

But the figure is too low now, Henderson said.

NO RECALL: The effort to recall state Sen. Bob Huff has failed.

Secretary of State spokeswoman Nicole Winger said Tuesday no signatures were submitted to put the recall on the ballot.

Recall proponents would have needed to gather more than 65,000 signatures in Huff’s district, which straddles Los Angeles, Orange and San Bernardino counties.

“The voters of the 29th recognized that holding a recall election was a bad idea,” said Huff, R-Diamond Bar. “Recall elections are costly, and recalling a legislator for a vote they did not cast makes no sense.”

Paul Griffin, a self-employed math tutor, initiated the recall because he was unhappy about Huff’s support of Proposition 1A, which would have temporarily extended taxes and placed a cap on state spending. It failed in a May 19 election.

Huff said at time he supported the measure because of the spending cap.

CHRISTMAS PARTIES: The Robert F. Kennedy and Mark Twain Democratic clubs will hold their Christmas parties next week.

The Robert F. Kennedy Club will hold its party from 1 to 3:30 p.m. today and the Mark Twain Club will hold its event from 2 to

6 p.m. Dec. 13. Both will be held at Mimi’s Cafe, 15436 Whittier Blvd., Whittier.

The cost is $20 for the Robert F. Kennedy party. It is asking people to bring a new unwrapped toy and a nonperishable item. For information call John Smith at (562) 943-8527.

The Mark Twain Club is asking for donations of toys and toiletries for the local women’s shelter.